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Grant secured to improve Thayer Field

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Updated:
04/13/2014 06:37:21 AM EDT

LANCASTER -- Saturday's annual spring clean-up day at the Thayer Field campus got a boost as elected officials announced a $40,000 state grant was recently awarded to the town to help improve the park.

Volunteers raked leaves and cleared brush that had been buried under snow for months as state Rep. Harold Naughton Jr., D-Clinton, explained the state funding, which he helped secure for the town last month.

The $40,000 comes from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to help improve the 22-acre Nathaniel Thayer Memorial Park Recreation Campus. Volunteers have been building trails in the woods behind the park

The Thayer Field campus is located behind the Lancaster Community Center and was used to host the second annual Winterfest event in February.

Susan Smiley, chairwoman of the Thayer Field Campus Committee and a selectman, said committee members are working both to expand the park and to make sure more Lancaster residents know it is there for their enjoyment.

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